Phlogiston/Meeting Notes/2016-04-08-Roadmap

tl;dr: Joel, Kevin, and Kristen met to sketch out steps that will allow us to make an informed decision about the fate of Phlogiston. We came up with the framework for a proposal, determined next steps, and will continue discussing at a follow-on half-hour meeting. The juicy details follow.

Meeting Metadata

Meeting Description: Gathering of key Phlogistators past and present to discuss the steps to determine how to proceed with Phlogiston development.

Agenda:

• Intro/framing
• Discussion: How will we decide how to proceed with Phlogiston development?
  • Draft proposal for how to get to a decision and determine timeline
• Review decisions made, next steps, and action items

Decisions to be made: Decide how we will decide to proceed with Phlogiston development

Decision rule: Consensual twinkle

Who needs to know?: TBD

Meeting highlights

Proposal for deciding:

• Lay out possible outcomes for the photo of Phlogiston
• Cost/Benefit Analysis:
  • Quantify Benefits
    • Is Phlogiston valuable to Group Heads (Product, Tech,...) for planning and evaluation?
    • Is Phlogiston valuable for individual team planning and evaluation?
  • Quantify Costs
    • (for prototype to date): .33 TPG FTE (6-8 months), 1/10 of other support (devops, releng)
    • (for stable product): .5 TPG FTE for 1 year, ? other support
• Timeline: before end of quarter, at latest
• Decision rule for deciding: TBD

Next Steps

• Type up and circulate meeting notes KL DONE
• Schedule next 1/2 hour meeting JA DONE
• Lay out possible outcomes KS T132366
• Explore options for someone to help us do this research (e.g. in a product/market research capacity) (proposed) AWJR T132360
• Enumerate possible customers for benefit evaluation (proposed) AWJR